how is your party going to get out from under that label that they're still the party of big government. >> well, a couple things. first of all, remember that in the aftermath of this election, the president's message has resinated with the american people and the ability of republicans in congress, a more fundamental problem the republicans have in that the party, half of -- most of -- the fight is within the republican party, which makes it very hard for them to get out a message. my point being, as democrats, you almost just have to stand back and let the chaos speak for itself on the republican side. i think that what you'll see from democrats is, you know, you'll continue to hear the language that, you know, everybody's open to having a conversation, a balanced approach and all of that, but again, at the end of the day, i think part of the challenge that the republicans continue to have is there's not one message. not a unified message. and this debacle that we've just saw, you know, last night doesn't do much to instill much confidence that boehner himself can actually drive a mes